The Canadian Competition Bureau is suing Google for allegedly anti-competitive advertising business. The same application was filed with the Canadian Competition Tribunal for an order that, among other things, requires Google to sell two ad technology tools in addition to seeking penalties from Google to encourage compliance with Canadian competition laws.
Canada took this step after Google was recently found to be practicing anti-competitive advertising business in the United States. This will result in Google being forced to sell Chrome and no longer forcing Android device manufacturers to install Google applications by default on devices. The practice of paying companies to use Search as the default search engine has also been banned.
Google dominates the online advertising market in Canada. With this dominant position, they are accused of making it difficult for other companies to compete with them in the same arena. A Google representative has already issued a statement denying the allegations of the Canadian Competition Bureau. According to Google, the accusations made do not take into account the fierce competition where buyers and sellers of ads have many choices and they are waiting to prove it in court.